WHO Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR) comprises about 296,629 citations for health and biomedical sciences literature published in 1,155 peer-reviewed journals from 20 countries in the Region.  IMEMR developed by WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) in response to a pressing need to remove the barriers of easy access to the national and regional health studies and researches. IMEMR is a unique source for indexing, abstracting, recording, archiving and sharing national and regional health information.